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Jesse Norman vs Michael Shanks

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jesse Norman
Jesse Norman
Con Hereford and South Herefordshire
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

Jesse Norman and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 307 different votes 316 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 5 No
Defence 5% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
34 Aye 26 No
11 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.3 %
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
Participation
64.0 %
9 % below average
Rank 531 of 649
1,707
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
763 eligible divisions
789
46.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
234
48.0 % of votes cast
918
53.8 % of votes cast
No votes
254
52.0 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 9 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

49
-29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
Appearances
100
+21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 149 of 649
95
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 649
Contributions
402
+263.4 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,812,464
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£134,182
41 % below average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Trade
87 of 91 votes
#1
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 66 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Energy
58 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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